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1948 Olympic Basketball: Memories and Memorabilia

London is preparing to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and it’s giving some of the country’s long ago athletes the chance to look back and remember.

Lionel Price was a member of Great Britain’s Olympic basketball team in 1948, the last time his country hosted the Summer Games.

He’s now 85, and while the sport still hasn’t caught on in a major way in the U.K., Price has fond memories of his Olympic experience.

He also kept whatever memorabilia he was given back then.

Today, there seem to be dozens of “game worn” 1992 Michael Jordan Olympic jerseys out there. If you see more than one 1948 Olympic basketball jersey from Team England, you know they’re fake. Lionel Price has the only one issued, he says.

He showed off his well cared for stuff, and chatted about the experience with Channel 4 in London. Read the story–and watch the video.

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Rich is the editor and founder of Sports Collectors Daily. A broadcaster and writer for more than 30 years and a collector for even longer than that, he's usually typing something somewhere. Type him back at [email protected]